"Nothing is More Powerful Than Allowing Yourself To Be Truly Affected By Things" -Zooey Deschanel ❤️❤️

Some things In life come at you that you may not ever have expected-both good and bad. This tends to happen a lot in my paintings... Instead of fighting it... Embrace it-Learn from it but most importantly- Keep moving forward.

I create not to be seen but to be experienced, allowing the viewer to make an honest connection between my work and their own emotions"

I don't have a destination when I start. When I paint, I have no idea where I am going to end up. Painting is an unknown journey that causes both struggle and a complete sense of peace at the same exact time. It is an outward expression of in inward emotion that I create on canvas for the world to experience.

What I want the viewer to take from my pieces is a feeling. I want the viewer to be able to honestly connect with my pieces, smile, and say YES I've have felt that!!

What Inspires You? What moves you? Is there something in your life that makes you wake up in the morning and fills your life with purpose?

I think for him it was his children, at least thats what we saw growing up. A day late, Happy Birthday to the man who will forever be the most amazing man I have ever met in my life. He is giving, he is humble, he is honest, and he has a heart made of gold.

When I was a child, he told me I could be anything I wanted to be when I grew up as long as it made me happy. Today I say thank you (even if me being an artist wasn't your first choice) ;) Everyday you inspire me to be what I see in you. Because of you, I will fly further than you ever thought possible.

"Trust love and believe in yourself and you will succeed." ..a little note that was left on my kitchen table almost 6 years ago. This is a staple i will hold dearly every day for the rest of my life and for that i thank you. So there I was at 24 years old sitting on the garage floor in an apt not big enough to barely breath much less live thinking.....How will others believe in you if you do not believe in yourself?

I get asked everyday, through emails and Facebook messages and so on and so on..."Who funded you?, how can i sell my work?, where did you learn to paint?, how did you get your work out there and noticed? The answer to every single one of these questions goes back to that tiny piece of paper that was probably left with little intention that morning.

TRUST LOVE...for me this is big and it is something i try to live by daily...What you give, I think, you receive. For me, painting and is trusting that what I love will not stray me in any direction that was not meant for me. If you follow you heart I believe you will always end up exactly where you were meant to be.

BELIEVE IN YOURSELF....I learned the hard way that the biggest obstacle you will ever face in this world is yourself. I went through 5 years of nursing school to find out that I in fact was not ever going to be a nurse....EVER! I found myself putting off multiple assignments and hours or studying to pick up that paint brush. I had to completely lost myself in something, I found myself there too.

YOU WILL SUCCEED... 8 years later, 3 major cities, a summer in another country, and many obstacles later, I know in my heart I am exactly where Im suppose to be. If you want something bad enough you fight for it. You place it in a box and you do everything in your power to go after it. I spent many years working multiple jobs to make ends meet just so I could paint. I spent my days in the studio and my nights working to pay the bills. Though sometimes a struggle, the studio was a place I felt alive. For the first time in a long time I felt free. For me that was being successful, and everything else, well it fell into place.